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Nov. 4 1924. 1,514,301

0. G. MUELLER TABLE Filed Nov. 28. 192;

INVENTOR.

Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

. UNITED STATES OTTO G. MUELLER, 0F SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

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Application filed November 28, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Or'ro G. MUELLER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State ofVisconsin, have 1nvented new and useful Improvements in. Tables, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n tables and more particularlyto tables having one or more leaves hingedly connected to the topportion thereof which are adapted to be .raised into a horizontalposition to increase the size of the table top.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide novel means of simpleconstruction for supporting the hinged leaves in a horizontal position.

In its preferred form the invention contemplates a pair of barsslida'bly mounted on the under side of the table top which when pulledoutwardly provide a firm support for the hinged leaf; and a furtherobject of the invention is to provide novel means so connected with saidbars and the hinged leaf that it will be raised with the leaf into aconvenient position whereby the sliding bar may be conveniently broughtinto its operative position.

The invention consists in the novel constructions and arrangements to behereinafter described and claimed for carrying out the above statedobjects and such other objects as will appear from the followingdescription of a certain preferred embodiment illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of atable embodying the principles of the invention, the side leaves thereofbeing in horizontal position; and

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the table shown in Fig. 1, one of theleaves thereof being in a horizontal position and the other leaf beingin a vertical position.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in both views.

Referring now to the drawings, the invention is illustrated inconnection with a table Serial No. 518,313.

The side members of the frame 5 are provided with apertures 9thro-ughwhich transversely extending bars 10 may freely slide; there preferablybeing a pair of spaced bars 10 provided on each side of the table forthe respective hinged leaves. Strips 11 are fastened to the under sideof the top portion of the table to provide guiding means for the bars10. A longitudinally eXtending member 12 is rotatably connected to eachpair of bars 10 adjacent their outer ends, the members 12 preferablyhaving outwardly extending trunnions 18 which extend into suitableapertures provided in the respective bars. It will thus be seen thatwhen the member 12 is moved transversely of the table, the sliding bars10 connected thereto will also be moved with it so that the bars 10 maybe simultaneously pulled out to support the leaf Or pushed backwardly topermit the leaf to drop down. The bars 10 are preferably tied togetherat at their rear ends by a longitudinally extending strip 14:.

The rotatable members 12 are preferably provided with operating handles15, the handles 15' being rigidly secured at their rear ends to therespective members 12. The outer ends of the handles 15 extend throughandhave a sliding engagement with eyes 16 carried by the respectivehinged leaves. It will be apparent from the foregoing description thatwhen either of the leaves 7 is raised into a substantially horizontalposition, that the handle 15 associated there with will also be broughtinto a substantially horizontal position underneath the leaf so that theperson raising the leaf may conveniently take hold of the free or outerend of the handle 15 and pull the sliding bars 10 outwardly into aposition tosupport the raised hinged leaf.

I claim:

A table having a top portion, a leaf hingedly connected thereto, a pairof spaced bars positioned substantially transversely with respect tosaid leaf and slidably mounted on thewunderrside of saidrtop portion, across bar j-journazled in the outer ends of said slida'ble bars, and ahandle fixed at one end to said cross bar and having its other endslidably associated with said leaf whereby said handle will floe raisedinto a substan- In testimony whereof, I affix any signature.

o 'ro G.- MUELLER.

